muddymooose
Hoopy Frood
I'm currently a big fan of low and slow, so I'm always up for extra fins, bigger fins, or otherwise more drag or weight than is necessary. This thread has put thoughts in my head.
More fins! Non traditional beauties
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MikeyDSlagle
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Yeah me too. Mine keep getting short, fatter, and finnier. Big Daddy, then 4" Cowabunga and Tembo. I have a 5" FG tube that will get 6 fins and a 3:1 nose cone and a large ~7" mailing tube that will likely be my first glassing project.
Here is what I got so far for the 5" project. Low and slow on punchy 38mm Is or unleash it on an L. Realistically though, after all is said and done, it is gonna weight quite a bit more than the sim is saying now. So the Is probably won't be possible in the end, but is looking good on paper ATM.
"Hello my name is HUMAN"
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Here is what I got so far for the 5" project. Low and slow on punchy 38mm Is or unleash it on an L. Realistically though, after all is said and done, it is gonna weight quite a bit more than the sim is saying now. So the Is probably won't be possible in the end, but is looking good on paper ATM.
"Hello my name is HUMAN"
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Yeah me too. Mine keep getting short, fatter, and finnier. Big Daddy, then 4" Cowabunga and Tembo. I have a 5" FG tube that will get 6 fins and a 3:1 nose cone and a large ~7" mailing tube that will likely be my first glassing project.
Here is what I got so far for the 5" project. Low and slow on punchy 38mm Is or unleash it on an L. Realistically though, after all is said and done, it is gonna weight quite a bit more than the sim is saying now. So the Is probably won't be possible in the end, but is looking good on paper ATM.
"Hello my name is HUMAN"
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Very cool design!
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Thanks.
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Split fins are great - the Thor is a classic design. It inspired my first downscale!
Charles_McG
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I was thinking the same.
What About Less Fins? A Rocket with One Fin
https://forum.ausrocketry.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5369
I thought this was a clever build and worth mentioning here.
https://forum.ausrocketry.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5369
I thought this was a clever build and worth mentioning here.
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That looks like my Uno which I designed back in the late 1970s, but never figured out how to build until 2011:
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Gwiber ( a Welsh flying snake)
5 fins and 5 "srakes"
Scratch
5 fins and 5 "srakes"
Scratch
qquake2k
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Certainly unique!
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Gary Byrum
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Here's my go with 5 fins.
Tim51
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Very cool!
terryg
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My 20 fins and a nose cone:
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Here's a couple with nonstandard fins
Gwibber - 5 fins, 5 "strakes" 25 fins slots in the body tube to keep them straight. couldn't get photo loaded
Quarauq - a Quark forward and backward.- never built yet
Gwibber - 5 fins, 5 "strakes" 25 fins slots in the body tube to keep them straight. couldn't get photo loaded
Quarauq - a Quark forward and backward.- never built yet
Gary Byrum
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Try a simple copy/paste. CTRL C, CTRL V
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How about two fins?
Five fins have become an addition for me
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Someday this might get in the air -- Moonbat
Not too long ago I stumbled across a decades-old Popular Mechanics article (I think), with plans for a model rocket with 16 micro fins and a deeply recessed motor. Think it was BT50 or BT60 based. Fins only a few millimeters tall. Pretty sure I saved the article, but I cannot find it at the moment.
There is also this two stager with a finless sustainer, for which I have cut the parts, but which is still pretty far down in the build pile
TAO via Space Modeling.
Not too long ago I stumbled across a decades-old Popular Mechanics article (I think), with plans for a model rocket with 16 micro fins and a deeply recessed motor. Think it was BT50 or BT60 based. Fins only a few millimeters tall. Pretty sure I saved the article, but I cannot find it at the moment.
There is also this two stager with a finless sustainer, for which I have cut the parts, but which is still pretty far down in the build pile
TAO via Space Modeling.
blackjack2564
Crazy Jim's Gone Banana's
2 outer skins, 1 G-10 core for strength. 3 sections =1 fin.
Inner edge of wood routed/rounded before glued to core.
Outer edge as a whole routed/rounded after assembly
Hole cut & edges routed after assembly.
Inner edge of wood routed/rounded before glued to core.
Outer edge as a whole routed/rounded after assembly
Hole cut & edges routed after assembly.
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Gizmo XL-DD-V, My L3 rocket, custom with 5 fins.
Mac Black Fly with 5 fins (RIP... It'll need a second gen after I screwed up a reload)
Working on a custom Demon that'll have 5 fins also.
Mac Black Fly with 5 fins (RIP... It'll need a second gen after I screwed up a reload)
Working on a custom Demon that'll have 5 fins also.
Begone vile thing! Crawl back to the darkness from whence you came!
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